It's only Aug. 1, but Vanity Fair magazine already declared Sean Parker's $10 million wedding in Big Sur as Wedding Of The Year. The magazine also published the first photos unveiling what the top-secret, controversial ceremony looked like within a maze of giant redwood trees.

Parker is a 33-year-old billionaire who co-founded Napster and was formerly president of Facebook. On June 1 he married Alexandra Lenas, a 24-year-old singer and songwriter.

Parker and Lenas said they hiked through redwood forests all over California trying to find the perfect spot to exchanged vows.

"My wife Alexandra and I met five years ago, fell in love, and almost immediately began fantasizing about our wedding day, which, we both agreed, should take place deep within an enchanted forest," Parker wrote in a Tech Crunch blog post. "You know, sort of like Lothlórien, the mythical home of Galadriel in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. We wanted our wedding to begin with 'Once upon a time' and end with 'and they lived happily ever after.'"

With help from Save The Redwoods League, they chose Big Sur. And even though it was illegal without California Coastal Commission permits, the Ventana Inn & Spa allowed Parker to build a $4.5 million set intertwined in an old-growth redwood tree grove and create a fairy tale in the middle of the forest.

"It turns out the ridiculously lavish affair was even more over the top than we thought," the Los Angeles Times newspaper wrote Thursday.

The set was designed by Ken Fulk and included a stone castle, 20-foot-high high iron entrance gate, a Celtic cross, Roman columns, a throne, a dance floor, and an altar at the base of the grove's largest tree. White baby bunnies hopped around the wedding and cuddled with guests.

All 364 guests wore custom-made costumes created by "Lord of the Rings" film costume designer Ngila Dickson.

Twenty days before the wedding, neighbors in Big Sur alerted the Coastal Commission about the illegal construction and the commission threatened to shut the entire event down. The Coastal Commission allowed the wedding to happen after Parker made a $2.5 million donation toward coastal conservation programs.

Parker took a lot of heat from what he described as "Internet trolls and eco-zealots." He blasted back with a 10,000 word article. The article explained that Parker and his wife care deeply about environmental conservation and weddings should be regarded as sacred.

Still, the billionaire said June 1 was the best day of this life.

"After the ceremony, many of us felt as though we never wanted to leave that forest, and indeed many guests remained there until the sun came up the next morning. We lay on the flower-strewn pathway, looking up at the redwood canopy above," Parker wrote. "The fog rolling in from the ocean enveloped us, imbuing the moment with a feeling of supernatural bliss."